Monday, December 6, 2010

I think I love Thanksgiving the best.. More food, less stress in the money area, AND it's all about being thankful. Christmas is great but I think the message is easily lost in the excitement of all the lights and presents. Thanksgiving is sweet and simple.. and tasty! This year, we spent the

long weekend with my family in Idaho. Remember that ridiculous "Blizzard of 2010"?? We were

all set to leave Wednesday but with the ominous threats from the news about this storm, we left

Tuesday and ended up getting stuck in it worse than if we had left Wednesday. We had fine weather until we crossed the border into Idaho. Then it was like a wall of fog and bam! Crappy roads. We had chains with us but didn't actually need them until we hit my Grandparents driveway. There was a 3 foot snow drift blocking our way and chains or not, we weren't getting through. I think 8 different cars stopped to try and help us, 2 were cops and we had to get pulled

back 2 different times. To top it off, Clint was in shorts AND it was -2 degrees NOT counting the wind chill! What a man. :)

Wednesday we headed up to a cabin in Island Park we rented for the weekend and surprise,

surprise, got stuck in that driveway too. The chains pulled through and we were fine. Then, we

drove back down to Sugar City for Thanksgiving with my Dad's side of the family.

OH funny story. We totally saw a Moose and her calf in the road on the way to the cabin except I was freaking out because Clint told me, like 20 minutes before, that even if you're in the car, a

moose will kill you! He said that if you hit one their antlers/bodies crash right through the windshield and instantly kill the passengers!! I was a maniac! I was stressing out so bad thinking that they were going to charge us! Even my hands were falling asleep. I'm such a baby..

Trip highlights:

- the "hazardous" drive to ID

- Getting stuck in the driveway - TWICE

- Darbi's first nosebleed from slamming her face into the ground from slipping on the super slick

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Wisecracks:

We braved that storm to Idaho as well. What kind of nut jobs are we anyway? Do we think we're all kinds of invincible or something? Just because we defy the odds every OTHER day? ;) Miss you! Post more... or come eat. I make a mean Thanksgiving stuffing!

Darbi's Preemie Story

Clint & Audrey

Darbi

1.1.09

1 pound - 11 inches long - 23 weeks 5 days

"Often do the spirits of great events stride on before the events. And in today already walks tomorrow"-- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"If you are a mother, you participate with God in His work of creation—not only by providing physical bodies for your children but also by teaching and nurturing them. If you are not a mother now, the creative talents you develop will prepare you for that day, in this life or the next." -- Dieter F. Uchtdorf